English is... re-imagined for the Australian Curriculum!
The
English is... series offers an exciting and authoritative approach to the Australian Curriculum: English. Each unit is structured to inquire into the 'big ideas' or concepts that underpin English, leading students through a set of differentiated activities towards the knowledge, understanding and skills that will create literate citizens of the 21st century.
Key features:
- Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year level standards;
- The text is always at the centre of the learning;
- Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a Getting started, Working through and Going further grading;
- Sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach;
- Wordsmiths or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a Tell me, Show me, Let me do it process;
- Ready to Read prepares less able readers to engage with the texts;
- Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, world, Australian and contemporary texts;
- Need to know explains key terms at point of need so that students learn English's metalanguage;
- Language, Literature and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions;
- Wide variety of assessment options at the end of every unit with rubrics to guide students.
English is... English for the Australian Curriculum features eBookPLUS - an electronic version of the textbook and a complementary set of targeted digital resources. These flexible and engaging ICT activities are available online at the JacarandaPLUS website (www.jacplus.com.au).
Your eBookPLUS resources include:
- A fun new Australian video series, written by Robert Greenberg (Round the Twist) and produced specifically to teach students the big ideas of the Australian Curriculum: English;
- You be the writer interactivities that provide students with hands-on opportunities to explore the craft of writing;
- ProjectsPLUS - a unique project management system featuring a research forum, media and templates that enable students to collaborate while creating ICT-based projects;
- Links to selected quests in Knowledge Quest: English 1 online game for subscribers to this separate resource;
- Editable worksheets for every chapter and weblinks to the best English content online;
- Rubrics for all assessment tasks.
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